They didn’t have to worry about untrue hops, kids running across the field, or adult softball teams booting them from the field after five innings. Instead, John Adams and Beacon were on a finely manicured professional diamond with seats surrounding them, and a large scoreboard.

On a sunny Saturday afternoon, the two teams made their way to Coney Island for an interrupted seven innings of baseball at MCU Park (recently known at KeySpan Park), home of the Brooklyn Cyclones.

“The kids were counting the days to play here, that’s how excited they were,” Beacon coach Tom Covotsos said after his Blue Devils rallied for a 5-2 victory.

Samuel Fox drew Beacon even in the bottom of the seventh with an RBI single to left field, Isaac Forman drove in the go-ahead run and Justin Sims plated two more with a double to right-center. Fox also picked up the victory with an inning of scoreless relief.

“It was a great experience for the whole team,” Sims said. “We don’t have to worry about the field. We can just focus on our game, playing and what we do best.”

This, however, wasn’t unique. MCU Park will play host to plenty of high-school and college baseball games over the next six weeks. Every day, in fact, Cyclones director of new business Gary Perrone said, is booked. The CUNYAC conference is an active participant, along with the PSAL, CHSAA and various private schools leagues.

It’s been a common occurrence across the Verrazano Bridge at Richmond County Bank Ballpark, where the Staten Island Yankees play, the organization trading the field’s use for tickets.

The Cyclones are doing the same this spring. Perrone said in exchange for access to the field – which includes free admission for fans and a public address announcer – the teams are given 100 $12 tickets to sell to raise money, which goes back directly to the specific high school’s program.

With shortage of fields an issue, it couldn’t come at a better time. I’ve heard from several different coaches the frustration of either playing in poor conditions or their games being cut short after five or six innings.

While access to MCU Park doesn’t right those wrongs, it at least helps.